GEOCAN's Board of Directors
Raymond Cej, B.Sc., M.Sc. P.Eng. (1) (3) (4)
James C. Cassina (1) (3)
Bradley (Brad) Farris, B. Comm., M. Ec.
William C. Guinan, BBA, MBA, LLB (2) (5)
Thomas M. Walter, QC (1) (3) (5)
Wayne Wadley, C.E.T. (4) (5)
- (1) Audit Committee
- (2) Corporate Secretary
- (3) Compensation Committee
- (4) Reserves Committee
- (5) Corporate Governance Committee
Raymond (Ray) Cej, B.Sc., M.Sc. P.Eng.
Chairman
Ray Cej joined the GEOCAN Board in 2003. Ray has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the international oil and gas business. At Shell Canada Limited, he held many senior executive positions, retiring as senior operation officer in 1995. Since Shell, Ray was president of Anadime Corporation, Synenco Energy Inc., Kyrgoil Corporation (Central Asia) and Arakis Energy Corporation (Central Africa). He was chairman of the Canadian National Committee for the World Petroleum Congress and led the bid committee that brought the 16th World Petroleum Congress to Canada. Ray earned his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the Royal Military College and his Masters of Chemical Engineering from California Institute of Technology.
James C. Cassina
Director
James Cassina joined the board in 2005. Since 2002, Jim has served as chairman of Enernorth Industries Inc., an American Stock Exchange listed company that explores for oil and gas in western Canada and has investments in independent power projects in India. He was president of Enernorth from 1998 to 2002.
Bradley (Brad) Farris, B. Comm., M. Ec.
Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Director
A founding director of GEOCAN, Brad Farris helped establish the company in 1998. In his career, Brad spent three years (1993-1996) with Canadian Fracmaster Ltd. as senior economist, focusing on international projects in Russia, China, and the Middle East. From 1980 to 1992, he held various financial positions within Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., in the Frontier Development, Corporate Finance and the International Division, concentrating on exploration and development opportunities in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Russia. Brad earned a post graduate diploma in International Economics from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England in 1990 and a B.Comm (Finance) from the University of Calgary in 1980.
William C. Guinan, BBA, MBA, LLB
Secretary and Director
William Guinan is a founding director for the company and a partner with the Calgary law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais. He has extensive oil and gas experience in the areas of acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, regulatory compliance, private placements, export insurance requirements and special warrants and common share offerings. William is currently a director with a number of other TSX and TSX-V listed oil and gas companies. He graduated from Acadia University with a degree in Business Administration in 1977, completing an M.B.A. and law degree at Dalhousie University in 1982.
Thomas M. Walter, QC
Director
Thomas Walter joined the Board in 2005. He has a wealth of experience from his distinguished legal and business careers. From 1973 to 1998, he was a partner at the Edmonton, Alberta law firm of Berzins, Maher, Walter and MacLean and later was senior partner at Thomas Walter and Company. Thomas practiced law in Okotoks, Alberta from 2000 to July, 2005 with the firm of Walter & MacLean and continues to be very active with the family business and with various local and provincial charities.
Wayne Wadley, C.E.T.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
A founding director of GEOCAN, Wayne Wadley helped establish the company in 1998. Prior to that, Wayne was the vice-president, Production/Operations for Danoil Energy Ltd. which later became part of Acclaim Energy Trust (now Canetic Resources Trust). From 1989 to 1992, he held the position of production superintendent with OMV (Canada) Ltd., an Austrian-based oil and gas production company with operations in Canada. Wayne is a Certified Engineering Technologist, receiving a Diploma in Petroleum Resources Technology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton in 1980.